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Historical Event on 9/6/1903
Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/11/1964 | M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel. |
| 2/25/1987 | The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1. |
| 9/27/1989 | The second test launching of India's surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi', from Sri Harikota was successful. |
| 10/1/1993 | The two helicopters along with the first batch of fifteen personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. The two helicopters were provided by 111 HU. |
| 1/14/1882 | Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born. |
| 8/6/2000 | Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel. |
| 2/14/1901 | Sambamurty Pichhu, music teacher, was born. |
| 1/14/1851 | Peshwa Bajirao Raghunath, last Peshwa of Marathas, passed away at Brahmawart. |
| 6/3/1998 | The naval version of the surface-to-air missile, Trishul, is test-fired in Kochi. |
| 12/12/1971 | The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron. |
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